wair

UK/wɛə/US/wɛɹ/

wair noun: a plank six feet long and one foot across. Also the nonstandard form of were.

Noun

wair (plural wairs)

wair (third-person singular simple present wairs, present participle wairing, simple past and past participle waired)

(Scotland, obsolete) To spend.
- […]they find there was no lesion to the minor by setting the said tack, and that the money waired out by the defender, in building and reparations, viz not only the ₤1317 Scots first given out, but also the ₤326 last waired by the defender,[…]1826, Mungo Ponton Brown, Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session, volume 3, Edinburgh, page 569
- We shall maintain them, nourish them, and defend them, the whole congregation of Christ, and every member thereof, at our whole powers and wairing [spending] of our lives, against Satan, and all wicked power that does intend tyranny or trouble against the foresaid congregation.1831, [1566], John Knox, edited by William McGavin, The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, page 94

wair is also the nonstandard form of were.

Noun
plural	wairs
Verb
third-person singular present	wairs
present participle	wairing
past participle	waired
past	waired

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What does wair mean?: Wair means a plank six feet long and one foot across.
What part of speech is wair?: Wair can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce wair?: Wair is pronounced /wɛɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of wair?: The plural of wair is wairs.

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